Does it happen only with Big Buck Bunny, or any movie?

Which Big Buck Bunny file exactly reproduces the problem? Can you provide an exact URL for downloading it?

I cannot reproduce it with this file - http://download.blender.org/peach/bigbuckbunny_movies/big_buck_bunny_720p_stereo.ogg - on Mageia x86-64 6 on XFCE with mplayer-1.1.1-14.r37423.1.mga6.tainted . So I need more details from the original reporter.

Marking as NEEDINFO.

Status: NEW => ASSIGNED

(In reply to Rémi Verschelde from comment #1)
> Does it happen only with Big Buck Bunny, or any movie?

Basically any movie I tried so far.

CC: (none) => herbert

(In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #2)
> Which Big Buck Bunny file exactly reproduces the problem? Can you provide an
> exact URL for downloading it?

I just tried with a newly downloaded version from here:
http://distribution.bbb3d.renderfarming.net/video/mp4/bbb_sunflower_1080p_30fps_normal.mp4

Which gives the same strange blocks on the sides.

This is on Gnome3, on Mageia x86_64, with an [AMD/ATI] Cape Verde PRO [Radeon HD 7750/8740 / R7 250E] using the ati driver (and glamor).

(In reply to Herbert Poetzl from comment #5)
> (In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #2)
> > Which Big Buck Bunny file exactly reproduces the problem? Can you provide an
> > exact URL for downloading it?
> 
> I just tried with a newly downloaded version from here:
> http://distribution.bbb3d.renderfarming.net/video/mp4/
> bbb_sunflower_1080p_30fps_normal.mp4
> 
> Which gives the same strange blocks on the sides.
> 
> This is on Gnome3, on Mageia x86_64, with an [AMD/ATI] Cape Verde PRO
> [Radeon HD 7750/8740 / R7 250E] using the ati driver (and glamor).

A few questions:

1. What is mplayer's "window mode"? How do you start it?

2. Do the same blocks still happen after you resize the window?

3. Is everything OK when you run mplayer like this:

mplayer -xy 600 bbb_sunflower_1080p_30fps_normal.mp4

(In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #6)
> (In reply to Herbert Poetzl from comment #5)
> > (In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #2)

> 1. What is mplayer's "window mode"? How do you start it?

Mplayer playing in a window not fullscreen.

> 2. Do the same blocks still happen after you resize the window?

Yes, they have constant width on any resize.

> 3. Is everything OK when you run mplayer like this:
>    mplayer -xy 600 bbb_sunflower_1080p_30fps_normal.mp4

Nope, same issue, here is a snap of the window:
http://vserver.13thfloor.at/Stuff/MAGEIA/BUGS/mplayer_600.png

Ah, the movies play back just fine with ffplay, vlc and xine.

(In reply to Herbert Poetzl from comment #8)
> Ah, the movies play back just fine with ffplay, vlc and xine.

Thanks for the info, Herbert. I now tested mplayer with that file under GNOME in a Mageia 5 x86-64 VM and everything seems fine. Some more info requests:

1. Does it happen in a new UNIX user account?

2. Does it happen in IceWM?

3. Are there any unusual error messages in the window that mplayer is running in?

(In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #9)
> (In reply to Herbert Poetzl from comment #8)
> > Ah, the movies play back just fine with ffplay, vlc and xine.

> Thanks for the info, Herbert. 

You're welcome!

> I now tested mplayer with that file under GNOME in a Mageia 5 
> x86-64 VM and everything seems fine. Some more info requests:

> 1. Does it happen in a new UNIX user account?
Yes, just created a new Test User, same result.

> 2. Does it happen in IceWM?
How do I test that without killing my login session?
 
> 3. Are there any unusual error messages in the window that mplayer is
> running in?
Nothing unusual, see attachment.

Created attachment 6861 [details]
mplayer output >/tmp/mplayer.txt 2>&1

(In reply to Herbert Poetzl from comment #10)
> (In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #9)
> > (In reply to Herbert Poetzl from comment #8)
> > > Ah, the movies play back just fine with ffplay, vlc and xine.
> 
> > Thanks for the info, Herbert. 
> 
> You're welcome!
> 
> > I now tested mplayer with that file under GNOME in a Mageia 5 
> > x86-64 VM and everything seems fine. Some more info requests:
> 
> > 1. Does it happen in a new UNIX user account?
> Yes, just created a new Test User, same result.
> 
> > 2. Does it happen in IceWM?
> How do I test that without killing my login session?
>  

You can try Ctrl+Alt+F2 and «WD=icewm startx -- :1» with this .xinitrc - https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings/src/dfa6a1ca77beeaa77bcad2dc5e679102a07ad76b/shlomif-settings/x11/dot-Xclients?at=default

> > 3. Are there any unusual error messages in the window that mplayer is
> > running in?
> Nothing unusual, see attachment.

Thanks!

I tested with metacity instead of gnome shell, and the strange "curtains" are gone, so it is definitely related to gnome.

(In reply to Herbert Poetzl from comment #13)
> I tested with metacity instead of gnome shell, and the strange "curtains"
> are gone, so it is definitely related to gnome.

Just to be on the safe side - what happens when using IceWM?

Everything fine with IceWM as well (no "curtains"), as I said, it is a gnome related issue.

(In reply to Herbert Poetzl from comment #15)
> Everything fine with IceWM as well (no "curtains"), as I said, it is a gnome
> related issue.

Thanks for the info! Perhaps we need to reassign it to the GNOME maintainers.

@ Herbert

Thank you for having taken the needed time to report this issue!

Did this bug get fixed? If so, please change it's status to RESOLVED - FIXED

If it didn't, then we regret that we weren't able to fix it in Mageia 5. Mageia 5 has officially reached its End of Life on December 31st, 2017 https://blog.mageia.org/en/2017/11/07/mageia-5-eol-postponed/
It only continued to get important security updates since then, because we are waiting for a big Plasma5 update in Mageia 6, that'll fix many of the Mageia 5 => 6 upgrade issues.

If you haven't seen that this bug got fixed, then please check whether this bug still exists in Mageia 6. If it does, then please change the Version (near the top, at the left) to "6". If you know it exists in Cauldron, then change Version to Cauldron. If you see it in both Cauldron and Mageia 6, then please set version to Cauldron and add MGA6TOO on the Whiteboard.

Thanks,
Marja

(In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #16)
> (In reply to Herbert Poetzl from comment #15)
> > Everything fine with IceWM as well (no "curtains"), as I said, it is a gnome
> > related issue.
> 
> Thanks for the info! Perhaps we need to reassign it to the GNOME maintainers.

Reassigning to the Gnome maintainer group in case this report needs to stay open for a supported Mageia release.

CC: (none) => marja11, shlomif
Status: ASSIGNED => NEW
Assignee: shlomif => gnome

No reply, so closing as OLD since Mageia 5 is no longer maintained.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD